The Codex’s Contents: Attempt at a Codicological Approach

During the preparation of the revised English version of La Syntaxe du codex, the authors highlighted the need to reconsider the current notion of ‘content’ from a codicological point of view, in order to complement the more traditional textual and philological perspectives. This contribution offers a first overview of an ongoing reflection on the identification and delimitation of the various types of contents that can be found in a codex including the notions of BlocConts and UniConts. The analysis of contents raises a number of (partially open) questions concerning their interaction, aimed at a better understanding of the structure of the codex, as well as of its genesis and subsequent transformations. Several reasons led us, a few years after the Syntaxe du codex was originally published, to consider producing a revised and updated edition in English, which should soon appear with the same publisher. Our revision turned out to be longer and more complex than expected and the original text of the Syntaxe has undergone substantial additions and rethinking concerning several points, including the multi-faceted notion of Content. In this contribution, we summarize